Comparison

PaperGuard vs Palmrest

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PaperGuard

Features
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Most scanner apps upload your ID, your lease and your payslips to someone else's server. PaperGuard has no server to upload them to — scanning, OCR and document intelligence all run on your iPhone. Free forever for unlimited scans, with no watermark and no ads. TURN PAPER INTO CLEAN PDFs Point the camera and PaperGuard finds the page edges, straightens the perspective and cleans up the result. Scan a single page, a whole contract, or use Batch Scan to shoot page after page without stopping. Reorder, crop and retake before you save, then export a sharp multi-page PDF. IT READS WHAT IT SCANS On-device text recognition turns every scan into searchable text. PaperGuard also recognizes what kind of document it is looking at — invoice, receipt, contract, ID — and pulls out the amounts and dates that matter. Ask a plain question about a document and get the answer straight from the page. No cloud AI is involved at any point. SIGN WITHOUT PRINTING Draw your signature once, then place it on any document with a tap. Annotate, highlight and fill in what you need, then send a finished PDF. The printer stays in the closet. LOCKED BEHIND FACE ID Turn on the Vault and PaperGuard asks for Face ID before showing anything — after a restart, after switching apps, every time. Content blurs the moment you leave the app. Face ID is handled by iOS itself; if it fails, your device passcode gets you in. FINDS THINGS AGAIN Folders, tags and full-text search across everything you have scanned, right inside the app. Documents show up in iPhone search by their title as well, and you can optionally have their text appear as a preview in the result. Identity cards and passports never leave the title, whatever you choose. PRIVACY THAT IS ARCHITECTURE, NOT A PROMISE There is no account, no login and no server. Your documents, images, recognized text and settings never leave your device, because there is nowhere for them to go. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking SDKs. Put your iPhone in airplane mode and every feature above still works — that is the test we would like you to run. FREE Unlimited scanning, no watermark, no ads. PDF export, one folder, one saved signature, three tags and a preview of recognized text. PAPERGUARD PRO Full recognized text and search inside your scans, Document Intelligence, Quick Answers, unlimited folders, signatures and tags, and batch export. Yearly at USD 14.99 with a 7-day free trial, or monthly at USD 2.99. Prices in your local currency are shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel it in iOS Settings, Apple Account, Subscriptions. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy: https://bytechimera.com/apps/paperguard/privacy Support: https://bytechimera.com/apps/paperguard/support

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Palmrest

Features
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Palmrest is a mirror, not a blocker. You pick the apps you open without thinking. The next time your thumb goes there, Palmrest steps in for a few seconds: tap, breathe, tap again. If you still want the app, it opens. If you don't, you just saved yourself a scroll you never chose. Every time you do open it, Palmrest asks one question: why now? Bored, habit, a notification, an escape, or something you actually need. That answer is the whole point. Over a week it shows you what really pulls at you, and it is rarely the notification. WHAT IT DOES • A pause of 5, 10 or 20 seconds before the apps you choose • "Why now?" after you open: one tap, no typing • Today: how many times you paused, how many times you let it go • Streaks that count the days you let at least one go • A daily summary notification at the time you pick, only on days you paused • A home screen widget with today's count • English and Turkish, light and dark, full Dynamic Type WHAT IT DOESN'T DO • No blocking. You can always open the app. The pause is the product. • No guilt. No red numbers, no "you failed" screens. • No account. Nothing to sign up for. • No spying. Palmrest never sees which apps you chose or what you do in them. Apple's Screen Time framework keeps that on your phone. PALMREST PLUS The free version pauses one app. Plus removes that limit and adds the weekly picture: which reason drives your opens, the hours you reach for your phone most, and a medium widget with the week at a glance. Yearly with a 7-day free trial, or monthly. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://sadikcoban.github.io/palmrest-pages/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PaperGuard4 screens
Palmrest4 screens

Verdict

The call

PaperGuard and Palmrest are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. PaperGuard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Palmrest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PaperGuard versus Palmrest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperGuardPalmrest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrzemyslaw BocerSadik Coban

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PaperGuard

Subscriptions2
  • PaperGuard Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • PaperGuard Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
2 purchases

Palmrest

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pack$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Pack7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is PaperGuard free?
PaperGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Palmrest free?
Palmrest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PaperGuard or Palmrest have ads?
Neither PaperGuard nor Palmrest shows ads.

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